Monday 8 December 2014

TB1L8 Security & Privacy

BA2 demonstarte how personal information stored on a mobile phone pose a threat to privacy

STARTER:

228


What does this number represent?
What information could somebody extract from a person's mobile phone.....?
TASK:
Complete Protect My Data in O:\ICT\GCSE ICT Year 9 2014\TB1\Lesson 8 Security & Privacy

Think about the ways that a user can protect their own data and how they might do that.

Examples:
  • password protection
  • data encryption
  • keypad locks
  • time-outs.

PLENARY:

GPS?

What is it? What is it used for? Can you think of any Apps that may use this technology?

Post your answers as a comment on THIS post. Remember to select Name/URL as your profile and only include your FIRST name on your post


HWK:

ShowMyHomework.co.uk

Find a media story in which a mobile phone plays a key role. Reflect on what happened and extrapolate lessons learnt.




50 comments:

  1. GPS - Stands for Global Postioning System.

    GPS devices are used by the military, by aircraft pilots, by sailors, and for recreational purposes by the public like finding destinations.

    APPS - Find my phone
    Phone tracker

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  2. MapMyRun
    used to measure the distance travelled when activated and shows route using GPS

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  3. google maps, google earth, find my phone,

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  4. GadgetTrak Mobile Security its an app

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  5. An app called iWant, helps you find places like resturants, cinemas etc using gps

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  6. "security!" is an app designed to capture evidence of other people using your phone - rhiannon f

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  7. FIND MY IPHONE

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  8. . TomTom for iPhone: You get TomTom’s offline maps, free lifetime map updates, daily map changes, IQ routes, multi-stop routing, 2D/3D driving view, lane guidance, and a whole lot more.

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  9. Security--Takes a photo of the person trying to unlock your phone, GPS tracker--so you can wipe phones.

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  10. DigiMemo Express
    Bluetooth File Transfer
    DroidCamX Wireless Webcam Pro
    Bluetooth Explorer Lite
    Bluetooth GPS
    BlueMuze
    Bluetooth Mania:
    BlueMe:
    Bluetooth Photo Share:
    Bluetooth Communicator:
    Bluetooth App Factory:
    Bluetooth Tool – Box:

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  11. Apps
    1.Magellan RoadMate
    2.TomTom for iPhone
    3.Waze

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  12. waze
    google maps

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  13. Glympse – Android GPS App

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  14. tomtom
    used to find a place you want to go and shows the route with gps signaling, and can be downloaded as an app

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  15. tom tom for i phone
    scout gps
    find my phone

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  16. iLocator is a newly developed GPS tracking system that combines with today smartphones to Track and Locate any moving object or personnel via your Smartphones such as iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and others.

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  17. GPS security apps:

    Find my phone
    Find my friend (Find other friends apple products)
    Lookout Mobile Security- Here's an excellent, highly rated app that offers a complete suite of protection for your Android phone.

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  18. Map quest- free navagation soloution that gives you directions.
    Waze - its a unique social navigation app for iPhone

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  19. jamie bridel ? benn13 November 2013 at 10:54

    tom tom sat nav uses GPS`

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  20. Magellan RoadMate: Magellan RoadMate offers text to speech, 3D buildings, lane assistance, and in app music control. You get real-time red light and fixed speed camera alerts to avoid tickets. Multiple voice options, life time traffic and maps, and local search features are also available. We would love to see the app get updates more often though.

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  21. o Global Positioning System
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    o Maps, SatNav, Etc
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    o Lookout Mobile Security - Android
    o Mobile Defense
    o Life360 Security Center

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  22. Magellan RoadMate: Magellan RoadMate offers text to speech, 3D buildings, lane assistance, and in app music control. You get real-time red light and fixed speed camera alerts to avoid tickets. Multiple voice options, life time traffic and maps, and local search features are also available. We would love to see the app get updates more often though.

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  23. Global Positioning System

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  24. Security
    GPS Tracker
    Waze

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  25. Magellan RoadMate gives you a text to voice. 3D buildings and lane assistance. You can get real time red lights and fixed speed camera alerts to avoid tickets.

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  26. maps, google maps/ earth, ilocator, tomtom, blue me, bluetooth GPS

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  27. Waze is quite a unique social navigation app for iPhone. It provides you with community generated real-time traffic and road alerts. It learns from you and can even change your route as conditions on the road change. Facebook integration, live maps, and cheap gas finder features are available.

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  28. waze, maps, scouts gps, satnav, tomtom, ilocator

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  29. Facebook and Instagram.
    Tell people where you are, and where you sent messages from.

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  30. MapQuest
    free navigation solution that provides you with directions and speaks them to you on the road. Find Me and Auto-Reroute features are nice to have. You get road information every 5 minutes. Another decent free option for iPhone users.

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  31. TomTom for IPhone and FindMyIPhone

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  32. Find my iPhone for iOS allows you to lock your phone from another device, and activates find my iPhone. This triggers a GPS to show your directley where your phone is

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  33. tom-tom, waze magelem motionx, mapquest, this app where you become a gangster usiong your local area :D

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  34. GPS is used for apps like Google Earth and Apple maps. It could also theoretically be used to find a stolen phone.

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  35. Some of the best GPS apps are AmAze GPS, Automilez, Free GPS, GPS Logbooks, GPS-Logger, GPS-R, GPS Tracker, Waze and one app for secuity is Find my iPhone.

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  36. charles & brandon14 November 2013 at 10:53

    apps that use gps:
    google maps
    tell you were you are
    facebook
    find my iphone

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  37. Magellan RoadMate lets you create a 3d model in live time of where you are and what you see just from Gps data and is very useful.
    GPS Logger lets you log log every where you have ever been using GPS dat to create a map of your trips

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  38. Magellan RoadMate
    TomTom for iPhone
    Garmin USA
    Waze
    Google Maps

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  39. The Global Positioning System
    Google Navigation for Android is one of the best map solutions, using gps, you can get in the palm of your hand. Whether you’re traveling abroad, using a Wi-Fi-only Android tablet, or just looking to use less data on your phone, you can use one of these map applications to see where you are and get navigation directions.

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  40. daphne and charlie14 November 2013 at 10:53

    MAPS FOR IPHONE

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  41. Jade, Abby and Brendan14 November 2013 at 10:53

    apple maps, google maps, nokia maps, map quest, TomTom, find my phone

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  42. Magellan RoadMate
    TomTom for iPhone
    Waze
    Google Maps
    CoPilot Live Premium

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  43. Global Positioning System is simply a way of knowing where you are by using satellites. The most common way of using it is sat-navs e.g. TomTom

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  44. MapQuest does not need any introduction. It’s a free navigation solution that provides you with directions and speaks them to you on the road. Find Me and Auto-Reroute features are nice to have. You get road information every 5 minutes. Another decent free option for iPhone users.

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  45. Finding my way home

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  46. Google maps, google earth, tom tom for iphone, find my Iphone, map quest

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  47. Find my iphone so i know where it is

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